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By Glenn Naughton If you would have told Ben Ijalana way back in April that he would be suiting up as the starting left tackle for the Jets, he would have had every right to treat it like an April Fool's joke. Ijalana, a five-year veteran, was a free agent, sitting at home waiting [...]

By Glenn Naughton By the time former New York Jets Head Coach Rex Ryan was handed his walking papers by owner Woody Johnson in December of 2014, the team had been slapped with the always undesirable label of being "a circus" due to Ryan's wild antics and lack of willingness to hold players accountable [...]

After the Jets lost their mainstay left tackle in D'Brickashaw Ferguson, General manager Mike Maccagnan moved quickly by securing former Denver Broncos tackle Ryan Clady. The Jets sent the Broncos a fifth-round pick in exchange for Clady and the Broncos' seventh-round pick. The Jets will be without a fifth or sixth round pick [...]

After ten seasons in the NFL, all of them with the Jets, D'Brickashaw Ferguson has decided to step away from the game on his own terms. Since being drafted fourth overall in the 2006 NFL Draft by the Jets, Ferguson has never missed a game. Out of the 10,708 snaps the Jets have [...]

By Glenn Naughton Just one day after surprising Jets fans with the announcement of his retirement, long-time Jets left tackle D'Brickashaw Ferguson took a moment to pen a heartfelt goodbye to those who supported him throughout the course of his football career. Both college and professional. Here is Ferguson's letter in its entirety from [...]

By Glenn Naughton In a move that was necessitated by yesterday's abrupt retirement of starting left tackle D'Brickashaw Ferguson, the Jets announced the re-signing of Ferguson's long-time back-up, Ben Ijalana. https://twitter.com/RichCimini/status/718644152506953729 Ijalana, a former 2nd round draft choice of the Indianapolis Colts out of Villanova in the 2011 draft, was signed by the Jets [...]

By Glenn Naughton There may not have ever been a more fitting name for such a stellar performer for the New York Jets, or any other team for that matter, than left tackle D'Brickashaw Ferguson. Many fans and teammates referred to the ten-year veteran simply as "Brick", and for a full decade, he was just [...]

Last season the Jets took a chance signing middle linebacker Erin Henderson, who had sat out the entire 2014 season due to off-the-field issues. Henderson was a starter for the Minnesota Vikings before two separate arrests related to alcohol that led to him being released from the team. After spending the 2014 season [...]